career
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Novak Djokovic claimed the 102nd title of his astonishing career as Alex de Minaur retired injured from the China Open final.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Nice try, but Mr. Bonta’s career may be unsalvageable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Becerra’s father later began a construction career that lasted 30 years, while his mother worked as a clerical worker and later purchased rental properties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Lawrence, 36, made a career of activism before running for office as a progressive candidate.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
It was a role that, had she not vanished, may have launched a storied career to rival the greats.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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They married four months later, dropped out school and launched their television evangelism careers as hosts of a children’s puppet show on Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Next came the Daytime Emmy-winning TV series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” which ran from 1986 through 1990 and helped kick-start the careers of now well-known stars including Phil Hartman, Laurence Fishburne and S. Epatha Merkerson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Some young adults’ experiences in the job market or the workplace have inspired them to transform their careers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Currently in England, careers guidance must be offered to students aged 11-18 and work experience is not statutory.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
College students couldn’t find jobs, and thousands of people were being laid off from long-term careers.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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Two systems that could have slowed an Amazon Air flight that crashed in Miami over the weekend weren’t deployed before the plane careered off a runway and crashed into nearby vehicles, investigators said late Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The invasion was an outpouring of emotion but it careered so far over the line as to be an outrage.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
The driver was arrested after the vehicle careered from a main square down a major city centre street, close to historic sites.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
In the latest incident in Leipzig, a Volkswagen Taigo car careered from a major square in the old town down a busy pedestrian zone, travelling hundreds of metres.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
Joaquin leaned his body to the left as he careered down the hill toward the arts center.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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The accident, which saw the picture-postcard 19th-century Gloria tramway hurtle into a building after careering off the rails, shocked the Portuguese capital, laying bare fears over the safety of the popular yet ageing tourist attraction.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
The club doesn’t intend to keep careering ahead this way forever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2025
A few moments later, Grant Hanley played an agricultural hoof down the park, the ball careering out of play with no Scotsman in sight.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
Only after that point could turmoil begin: It was shattered by an impact and shifted outward to the asteroid belt, where subsequent impacts would have formed the Athor family and sent some careering toward Earth.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 16, 2024
After its path is further changed by gravitational encounters with Jupiter or Saturn, it tends to find itself, once every century or so, careering toward the inner solar system.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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